Lexical Definition

‎בְּתוּאֵל‎ Bᵉthûwʼêl (beth-oo-ale') Bethuel ^N:N-M-P
apparently from the same as ‎בָּתָה‎ and ‎אֵל‎; destroyed of God

Bethuel. Compare ‎בְּתוּל‎.

• § Bethuel = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God"
• Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine

n pr m
1) nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor by Milcah, father of Rebekah
n pr loc
2) a town of Simeon in the south

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎בְּתוּאֵל‎ proper name, masculine (? = ‎מְתוּאֵל‎ man of God) Gen 22:22; Gen 22:23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47; Gen 24:50 (J) son of Nahor, nephew of Abraham, living in Aram-Naharaim, in city of Nahor; Gen 25:20; Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5 (P) Aramaean of Paddan-Aramaic

II. ‎בְּתוּאֵל‎ proper name, of a location in Simeon 1Chr 4:30 = ‎בְּתוּל‎ Josh 19:4 ‎כְּסִיל‎ Josh 15:30 ‎בֵּיתְאֵל‎ 1Sam 30:27 (see above); yet compare Lag^{BN 64}; site unknown. ‎בְּתוּל‎ see II. ‎בְּתוּאֵל‎. above‎בִּתְיָה‎ see ‎בַּת‎ below ‎בן‎, p. 124.‎בָּֽתִּים‎ see ‎בית‎.

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